Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-16

. What do ! need 10 become q sue
eeagfui actress ~ q asked Of q Newport
correspondent Of the Minneapolis 'rri.
bune.
Z You need a good nose, with pAssa.
hie features and respectable figure
added thereto. You need some brains,
avoice capableof training q minimum
Of nerves aud e genius for advertising.
You need perfect health. With all these
reQulsltes you will probably fail, but
You wont succeed without them, eepe-
eiAiiy without he health.
The most charming actresses upon
Tie stage are, with rare exceptions,
women OF robust health. Personal
charm has quite a. much 10 do with
snccess on the boards as mental ability
pefhaps more. and personal charm
khet something which lies deeper than
mere beauty and Is called, for want Of
abetier word, = magnetism, depends
b 4 wonderful extent on She physical
condition Of the actress. Clara Morris
Il Z Eat contradiction Yes, but her
uneannliy absorbing art = scarcely
mere than 4 study 81 pathology One
could not call her charming. a. men,
who are the great theater-goers, I'M
derstand the word, though Oscar
Wilde did profess himself amisten
and express q desire % see her Ia q
l0w.necked dress, which desire was
Eratihed by q lady who introduced the
later.
Mrs. Langtryis manager once told
me that the Lily was the best matinee
attraction on the stage. That u, she
u attractive 20 women as well as 70
men. Her healthy English color has
pelsd Of late, aud she uses too much
d the cosmetics she puifs. but her
beauty Is still the beauty Of good
health, and her complexion, when she
lets Il alone, the product Of clear blood
and plenty Of exercise. She Is a fam
Gus walker aud must regret her quarrel
with Coghian II only for the chance Il
lost her Of still further advertising In
bis new play her skill with the foils,
Coghlan's sister Is 3 woman whose sue
cees has dehed the analysis Of clever
critics. CoghlAn 4 not pretty, At least
hef face Is not, but two generations
have rayed over her beauty. Her first
appearance a. Rosalind. ID New York,
packed he theater; her admirers could
net be counted. Her rude health i the
only explanation. that and the less i'm.
pgFtAnt possession Of q fair allowance
g brains. Rose IS rugged and her yigoE
When DAILY took his company 20
England the London Times called Ada
kehan "pawky.n None Of US In Amer.
lea knew what the word meant, bus il
sounded badly and looked worse. and
He we're inclined 20 be angry about it
uflhl the explanation came that . paw
~ was ; pruvincialism for charm
ingiy healthy or hezlthily charming.
Ada hehAn i q wholesomeky well wo-
man, and nobody who ever witnessed
her triumphant entry upon the stage
~ A Night on" or Nancy A Co.
could doubt that her iastant and easy
mastery ever her audience u gained
entirely b The breezy air Of health she
carries with her.
i = Tia same with Carrie Turner.
ne a ne beauty, bat she l. 50 benutt
feily healthy that not one person u
Ten Who sees her calls her lace % seFeTt
account Mrs. George Gould. helors
she became the mother Of the only
eaey whose loag clothes we're evel
Photographed tor daily neWspapel
Illustration, was, as Miss KinEdon, /
vigorous Riyl vel cared Ter ~ goot
mother. extremely fond q the epeE
aAE and banning with the roses q ex
esciae.
Fanny Dayenport's strength il . mar
vel. neT father was q man Of nnl
physical proportions, and | have seeE
Fanny myself. - Lady Car Spanker
catch her Dolly in q rap1nRons emhrac.
and swing him thFce timer around her
hts feet performing . dizzy circle in sh'
ar, hnt Eevar souching the Hcor. Fan
ay don Z % that noe. The antics tina
. woman went tAFoaeh couple Il year
40. Waea she 80 trFing % Ret nd Q
heg anpeFabandRnf daah, wo1le havl
kilied "a ordinary womAn, hnt pro
Nneed little or no eject On haF.
Nay Anderscn a q woman wAou
neaxiE ~ ths man q my asquainhano'